The main update is that there isn't much to update. All the painting has been for the bairn, finishing off his Warlord Gauls...
...and some Perry Miniatures' English Army of Agincourt set. The archers are finished...
Both sets are really nice and come with plenty of variation, and paint up well. I think
No painting for me recently, very unfortunately, since I have lots in the painting pile. There are some WW2 bits and pieces first, then some WSS and Napoleonics, then some Byzantines and Carthaginians. Amongst other things!
There really hasn't been much gaming, although I have tried , without much success. I will go into the whys and the wherefores of that in my review of the year but suffice to say, not much has happened despite the desire being there. I did even get into the set-up and play a few turns stage a few times, as in this game below (can you tell what it is yet?), but nothing completed.
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| Romans (bottom) face off against a Pontic Army (top) |
I am going to come back to this one!
A lot of my 'gaming energy' has instead been spent on having another go at developing the Portable Air Wargame rules further; examining some Vassal modules to see if they might be suitable for gaming possibilities; and on converting old Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons & Dragons scenarios into WFRP 1st edition scenarios. I think that I have mentioned before that as work-life gets more busy-stressful, my creative urges seem to be drawn to role-playing games more than battle games, for some reason.
Interesting update John, especially your last paragraph. Your lad is going to be made up with those 28’s and you will no doubt get drawn into his games.
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm! the bairn does seem to like them - he has quite a collection now, I should take a photo. He is still more at the 'military scenes' rather than 'wargaming' stage, although he is beginning to move from the one to the other, so there is every chance that some of these will appear in some games here, from time-to-time.
DeleteThanks for the overview of your year John, with som elovely painted figures there, even if they aren't for you. Funnily enough when I did work I felt more inclined to try to do something gaming related as an antidote to real life as it were. Without that pressure I do less but seem to enjoy it more. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve! And that is a very good point. I don't think the relationship between various forms of working/retired life and gaming is as straightforward as more time = more gaming, for sure. How those forms of life make a person feel may be more important, much more important.
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