Grabbing a can of spray varnish I decided to finish a few figures, including 2 which were going to be in the Zombie Bloggers Associations diorama competition. The only thing was I picked up the wrong can and splattered them all with white primer. I will not be ready for the competition now but would like to wish the other entrants the very best of luck. I have never had this accident before, so I guess I was due one. Needles to say it is a gutter but I can put it to one side and move on. Let's just say it's very upsetting and just leave it at that.
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| Bolt Action Grahams defence. |
Moving forward what else is new? As regular readers will know Club is every other Sunday. We had a good turn out yesterday and maybe picked up 2 new members. One is a returning member from many years ago and the other is a friend of Dave's. As such there were 3 games being played. Dave hosted a series of "Dust Tactics" games. Peter a WW2 game in the jungles of the far east. And John introduced the club to Bolt Action. I had problems at home so did not stay too long and did not play any games, but they all looked like they were having fun in their usual way. Tim was moaning about dice, as was Dave. Patrick was being fluky and destroying the objective in his game with a hoard of Zombies. Graham was being tactically efficient and destroying Tim's tanks. And the rest were all acting in character as well.
What I did manage to do at the club was to sort out the turns of the officers in the Caen Campaign. I need to process them and sort out the new squad rosters that take account of experience, casualties and replacements. All dependant on sequencing there could be a couple of very interesting battles in the next campaign turn. But until it happens it's only speculation.
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| Peter's Brits defend against the Japanese aggression |
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| More Dust Tactics |
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| 20mm Frontline Vehicles for VBCW |
I also managed to scrounge (OK it was a figure exchange) some vehicles in 20mm for my re-start of a VBCW. At least one of these will be converted into an armoured lorry but the rest will remain logistic support.Talking to the guys it seems they are happy to do VBCW as our show game for BROADSIDE as opposed to "Mushonga Station". Indeed many of them were had some degree of enthusiasm for the subject. I therefore will start to build some terrain for it at the earliest possibility.
Oops! I think I'd be a little more than gutted Clint!
ReplyDeleteI have far more important things to worry about than re-painting a few figures. It's happened, time to move on.
DeleteOuch...this seems to be a common accident.
ReplyDeleteYes I am just emulating Fran! He's my hero! I also lie a bit!
DeleteMan that's harsh! I'd have probably ran out of swear words if that had happened to me!
ReplyDeleteIt's upsetting. But We have to keep it in perspective. It's not like I have been diagnosed with a nasty disease or lost a famliy member or anything important like that. So It's just a case of building a bridge and getting over it!
DeleteI like the fact that you're very pragmatic about the "accident", I've at that stage too. Your club seems very vibrant, but opting for VBCW instead of Moshonga - arggg.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe. Mushonga was just leaving me dry and unmotivated. While I can galvanise the club into action over VBCW..... I'll still have to do all the work of course, but at least it's something the tread-heads can get into.
DeleteNice looking bunch of vehicles Clint, As to the unmentionables shove em in some Dettol and put them to one side for a rainy day
ReplyDeletewith nothing to do!!
They'll get done, fear not.... I am far too tight fisted to ignore them for too long.
DeleteThe vehicles need some cleaning up and additional work, but I am confident they will turn out spiffing in the end.
Great blog. It's always good to hear more about what goes on behind the gaming. I gotta get me some of them vehicles.
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. Expect to see some of those vehicles in the near future.
DeleteThat is absolutely gutting!!! You poor, poor man!
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's not what happens but how you deal with it! I don't feel like repainting them again quite yet but maybe in a week or two.
DeleteI am gutting for you Clint but I am interested in seeing those 20mm stuff take shape
ReplyDeleteStarting the first one today. And don't worry about the miss spray... accidents happen.
DeleteI feel for you. My favorite game was BFG, but in 99' a track shelf collapsed smashing my ships and antique barclay podfoots. All of them have been in a box since...and new ships my wife bought me have yet to be assembled. You are taking it much more in stride than I did!
ReplyDeleteThe club tables look very nice and the dust minis look really good. I too am looking forward to seeing the vicks completed!
Cheers Dave. I shall sart the first one today.... so expect something by the end of the week.
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