Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Crisis 2018 - stash

Annoyingly my small planned shopping list was disrupted with some trader drop outs. so purchases from  Flag Dude , Tiny wargames and Ainsty were out.. A point to be fed back too TSOA,  but I am sure there is a reasonable explanation. . So I went a bit off list .

No idea why , but I like it !,
This piece has now led to the sourcing of a1/48th Grumman Goose seaplane.

Cutters Goose

"Tales of the Gold Monkey " on some South Pacific Islands here we come ..

next up more terrain items - lots of MDF

This stuff was on a cracking show discount to make up the above set up (by products for  wargamers .. whose old west buildings I have some of. ) ...bit of Necromunda coming up with the lads I think



Plus some other bits

I picked up another FW190 for Wings of War. Stefan Ko donated me a model of Lawrence of Arabia form the Tactica show - thanks Stefan .



So a bit off list.. but all good!

Saturday, 3 November 2018

Crisis 2018 .

Today has been spent at the Crisis show in Antwerp. It’s been another good one. It’s the largest mainland europe show in the calendar , with a good range of traders and games. It benefits from being in a great city too. We will certainly be back next year , combining a great show with the history of the Low Countries , good Belgian beer and food... well what’s not to like .

So learning from last year I decided to have lie in and leisurely breakfast - our hotel is  about 20 minutes walk away. - and decided to turn up for 10.30 to save queueing . Some hope , there was still a full  queue , but at least it moved quickly , taking about 15 minutes to get in overall .


My queue joining point . 
Another learning from last year was to take cash , as there isn’t a cash machine on site, and not many traders take card or Paypal.. it also costs 0.5 euro to go to the loo !

I had a small shopping list , pocket money in hand , and friends to chat too .

I met up with Sander and Arthur , handing over my challenge painting items, next up was Stefan Ko and Sidney Roundwood (aka Adam! ) .  I had a good chat with Colin and Katherine re the Kenilworth event next year too.

There were plenty of good looking games on display , so here is the montage . Sorry I didn’t note the providers or clubs . I will do the stash post next