I started with a quick tour to see what was what before getting my camera out to take photos of games which caught my interest. There are quite a few photos so I will do another post tomorrow.
I had time to chat with several people during the day - Rich Clarke (Too Fat Lardies), Graham Cummings (Crann Tara Miniatures - not there as a trader or with a game), Peter Berry (Baccus 6mm), Henry Hyde (Battlegames), Mike Whitaker, Simon "To The Strongest" Miller, Jerry Jenkins (another CLWC member who had made the trip up - it turned out that we'd been on the same train and taken to the showground by the same cab driver), Harry Sidebottom and Stuart (Colonel Bill's).
In the afternoon I got (very willingly) press-ganged into a game of To The Strongest by Simon. It was the Mancetter game seen at Salute earlier this year. My opponent was a young chap named Adam who was playing his second ever wargame; I had Boudicca's revolting Britons, Adam had the Romans. it was a fun game and it looked for a while that I might manage to breakthrough the Roman lines, but this was not to be.
In between taking photos and playing To the Strongest, I managed to do some shopping (including collecting a couple of pre-orders). I didn't manage to buy everything on my list, but there is always Colours in a few weeks time.
On with the loot pics:
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| Everything |
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| Pre-order of CoC bits from Too Fat Lardies; free show figure (Karl Marx with gun); Foundry Para support weapons - mainly for the extra Bren teams |
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| Pre-order from North Star of Artizan and Crusader packs for my Paras |
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| Some big timber wolves from Old Glory for my Dragon Rampant wolf pack |
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| Bases and CoC bits from Warbases; some paints from HLBSCo |
Finally a gift from Graham - a resin 3D print of an airborne command/radio jeep.
This was actually scaled up to 1:56 from a 1:200 file. Apart from the steering wheel, the detail is great.
Gutted I couldn't make the show. It was great last year. Some great looking loot as well M'lady!
ReplyDelete1st time I've missed it in a while. Broke my car so saving my pennies for Pendraken stuff and a WW2 french army - why do I always go for crappy armies
ReplyDeleteSome great looking loot
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty nice swag haul. Sadly, we don't get much in the way of historical conventions this way, so I have to live vicariously - looking forward to the pic post!
ReplyDeleteTerrific posting, Tamsin, I used to go to Partisan all the time about 10 years ago but haven't been since it moved locations. Must try and get up there at some point. Terrific posting :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks cool
ReplyDelete28mm is you!
Sounds like you had a good time Tamsin, and nice haul, and what a great gift
ReplyDeleteBig shopping!
ReplyDeleteWell done Tamsin!
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That's quite a haul Tamsin. Looks like it was worth the trip.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of goodies! When will you get the time to make them game ready?
ReplyDelete@ Ray - it is definitely a great show; the only downside for me is the cost of the train and cab fares - £82 all together! *gulp* I'm pleased with my loot haul :)
ReplyDelete@ Martin C - that's a shame. As for choosing crappy armies, I suspect that like me it's an unconscious desire to deflect blame from yourself when you lose! ;)
@ Neil S - cheers! :)
@ Fireymonkeyboy - thanks! Pics of the games are now up :)
@ Blax -cheers! I never went to the previous venue, so don't know what it was like. The George Stephenson Hall is a good venue though - plenty of space, decent lighting and catering, but it did get rather warm around lunchtime even with all the doors open :)
@ Geordie - thanks! I've always had some 28mm on the go, but my current projects do seem to be skewed more in that direction :)
@ Dave Stone - thanks! It was indeed a very nice gift :)
@ L'Empereur - merci! :)
@ Marinergrim - thanks! It was worth the trip, but more for the games and meeting folks than the shopping (travel costs exceeded any postage savings) :)
@ Herkybird - It's a decently sized haul. I'm sure I'll find time eventually :)
Nice bunch of loot!
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