Wednesday 22 May 2013

Buildings BROADSIDE and Cake.!

This is a 15mm building from Tim at Frontline that I bought from him at the club on Sunday. It is part of his adobe range that he made for himself for his own Sudan game. Which currently retails at £4.95 unpainted. I did want to get some more buildings from him but at this time he is still building up his show stock and this was the only one he had spare at the time. With Broadside a mere 3 weeks away and knowing I can buy from him at any time I think it was wise not to let me have any more. I shall pick some more up later in the year. Quite a nice building and while it does have any number of uses I got this one to bulk out my AK 47 Republic terrain.

 AK Republic, by Peter Pig games has fallen out of fashion at the club of late and while 5 or 6 of us still retain armies we just have not played it for about 3 years. So also getting this building was an attempt to get myself back into the mood for playing it again.


Only time will tell if that plan will work, and if the worst comes to the worst I will have a piece of terrain for my slow cook Apache wargame idea so not all wasted no matter what happens. Overall a very quick paint job mostly done with washes and dirty paint water. I wanted it to look really dirty and uncared for and I think I have achieved that with very little effort at all. If I had the space I could paint up loads all at once, but they take a while to dry with all the water involved so I had best not! Just in case you are wondering about the foliage it was all free, a mixture of aquarium plants and "Butchers Parsley" that used to line the freezer/chiller cupboards in shops but is now out of fashion but great for trees should you come across any.

The Bad news for me today, is that another 2 club members have got their shift patterns and can't support the club at Broadside. This means as a club we would only have two members willing/able to come along. Obviously this is not ideal so I may have to cancel our clubs attendance. I can't say I am over the moon about it, but there really is not a lot I can do. I'll let you know as time goes on. But needless to say I don't feel like doing any more work on the Blood Bilge and Iron Balls  boards until I know for sure if we will be going. If we are not going I will recycle the boards into other projects, waste not want not!

And finally Peter (The Art Therapist in training) at work is leaving tomorrow for another placement so I have made a cake for him on his last day. It's Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate, with fresh cream filling that has also been flavoured with chocolate,  so I am not expecting it to last too long, so best to show a photo today than leave it until later when it all "evaporates!" A number of the Nurses and even Psychologists and Psychiatrists tell me that free food has no calories and that it will not interfere with any diets! Yeah Right!!!

That's it for today, I was hoping to show my first WSS figures, but they went wrong yesterday and I am on the re-paint! So until Friday and my next blog post take care and have fun. All the best Clint.

25 comments:

  1. Good looking building with nice detailing; it's one of those types that can me used in a myriad of settings too.

    Chocolate Cake on the other hand I hate, though no doubt yours is excellent.

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    1. Agreed the building will have lots of opportunity to be used in many different settings.

      As for the cake It's not bad which is to say it will get eaten at work pretty quickly.... The last one I did like this 3 people ate half of it in 10 minutes (and then felt ill).

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  2. Great looking building...and cake!
    Phil.

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  3. Adobe buildings like this one are so generic that you're bound to find plenty of uses for it. It would certainly fit in well with your Apaches.

    Damn, but that cake looks so appetising!

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    1. Africa and Apaches it is versatile. I think I could even use it as Spanish if I really wanted to push the boundaries a little.

      As for the cake I really don't think it will last long at all.

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    2. ...and Mexicans, maybe Caribbean as well (for Pirates!)

      The cake looks and sounds great Clint.

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    3. yes it would work for Caribbean as well. You and your pirates.

      yes I can talk a good cake!

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  4. Mmmmmmm chocolate cake.... numnumnumnumnum

    Oh, and the building looks good too.

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    1. No point making a cake for the rejects.... as I am not sure it would get shared out equally! (No Fran I am NEVER gonna let you forget it!)

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  5. Great work on building, nice an simple...are the sacks and such your additions?

    As for the cake, not the biggest fan, but I do hope even calories with free food count,as I could always use some! :D

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    1. The sacks and barrels are part of the one piece casting. You could always add more or cut them off though if you wanted more variety!

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  6. Lovely building, sorry to hear about the show shenanigans, that cake would go very well with a cup of tea about now!

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    1. The show shenanigans well I can't say I am totally surprised. I will do a whole blog post about it once the dust has settled.

      The up side is that it gives me more time to make so showtime treats!!!

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  7. Lovely building, but the calorie free cake is a stunner - wow!

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    1. Looking at the cake is calorie free but I feel I may have taken more than my fair share licking out the bowls!

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  8. Great looking building, Shame about the show and your game, what with all the work that's gone into it!

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    1. Cheers mate. As for the game, I can choose to be upset or choose not to be. I can't force them to be there. So I choose not to be.

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  9. Very nice Clint. Does he do anything in 15mm suitable for the NYW or WSS?

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    1. Tim is one of those guys who builds what he wants. As yet I don't think he has anything suitable for WSS/GNW/NYW etc.

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  10. Looking good Clint, miss your cake....

    Are you likely to attend the show?

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    1. Barring accidents I will be at the show Rich and welcome to my blog.

      If you are coming to Broadside see if you can drag Gary along with you, I might even buy you both a cuppa!

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  11. I know this is an old post, but I thought it fitting that I leave the message here [considering I've been mentioned]. Thank you again for the cake by the way.

    I have discovered that we appear to have a mutual friend, Ben L. Do you mind if I point him towards your blog?

    I hope you're doing well.

    Peter

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