So we came to an agreement; I would turn a blind eye to her buying a few skeins of unique yarn, and she would turn a blind eye to me making a toy soldiers purchase AFTER Christmas - she's buying me some toy soldiers for Christmas so doesn't want me buying anything she might have picked out for me.
Now, I know what I showed her in terms of miniatures I was interested in, so I have a pretty good idea of things I won't find under the tree. So I'm considering what my "post-Christmas" present to myself would be. I've narrowed it down thusly:
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2.) Colonial/Victorian/Steampunk-appropriate figures from Wargames Foundry. I've been rereading Chris Palmer and Buck Surdu's Victorian Science Fiction skirmish game GASLIGHT lately, and I'm more impressed with them than ever. I haven't run GASLIGHT in years and don't have the figures from those long-ago days any more. I think I'd like to be able to run demo games of both GASLIGHT and Frostgrave at conventions by autumn 2016, and that means new armies need to be painted. Colonial-era games are tricky things in our current hyper-sensitive climate; it's too easy to get accused of ethnocentrism by putting on a game set in this era.
I'm thinking a couple packs of Foundry figs would take advantage of their end of year 20% off sale, and build a force of Belgians (who were dastardly in their dealings in the Congo, no doubt) and some stalwart Brits to oppose them. I've got a pretty nice mental image of a demo game in which rival European expeditions racing to the entrance of King Solomon's Mines - which happens to be located in a "Lost World" valley populated by dinosaurs who don't care about the national origin of their next meal.
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The same old question, I've asked myself, do I or don't I buy another period. Basically you've had it Bill, them little Gremlins will eat away in your brain, then one day some figures will arrive in the post and you won't even remember buying them!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll run out of periods and scales eventually Ray! Then I can rest easy!
DeleteI've rather fancied that ruined hamlet for a while now, but not picked one up. That said I have got a 4Ground ruined building that I'm looking forward to building and if it like their other products should be of a good standard. I recently saw an Escenorama ruined building that looked just up your street here - http://miniature-mayhem.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/gangsters-at-ewg-building-ruin-is.html
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely ruin for sure, Michael! While the ruined hamlet is probably the best value, it would probably be wiser to buy a single farmhouse first and see if I like how the kit goes together.
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