4 days of work in total and as you can see my restoration of the undead armies I bought, is going well...

It's pretty common knowledge that I've been at this hobby - no, lifestyle - for almost 40 years now and I suppose that the general opinion would be that my enthusiasm is just the usual 'It was better in my day' claim. But dear reader, in this instance it really was. It's more than just the figures, the games or whatever you may like to point a finger at. It was the whole time and place, coupled with a relative newness of the gaming hobby, where GW wasn't perceived as the Third Reich Of Gaming with it's Warhammer SS and Gestapo HQ. No, back then GW had T-shirts for the staff, but they did't have to wear them. The stores were modern but had a really pleasing seediness with cardboard boxes full of games as well at the glass cabinets full of figures and the then new computers and games. Each shop had it's own character and (and I mean this with love) odour and the staff were not the corporate salary men who assault you with their 10 Commandm...

Well, this morning I took delivery of 90 Citadel Fantasy Tribes Zombies from the estate of the late, great Joe Dever of Lone Wolf fame. Those of us of a certain vintage will no doubt remember the fantastic fantasy games which featured in various magazines and gave us the first feelings of moist-gusseted pleasure as we wished we could have such armies. I can only imagine the conversations that have been had around tables on which these models have fought. They were in surprisingly good condition with only a couple needing treatment and TLC for led fatigue. They are all now sealed very thoroughly and all the remains is for me to rebase them as they are alas, on 25mmx25mm bases. I also managed to bag the 'Skeleton War Machines' set in original box for £65, and a blistered Plague Cart for £21 which means that I have almost recreated my original Undead army from 1987/88. All in all a good week for purchases

Well, I've been astoundingly busy this last week, clocking in at around 50 hours of paid painting, coupled with bronchitis. Thus I am absolutely wiped out. Add to that it was this day last year that I got back from Partizan to be told later that evening that my mum had collapsed and dies, and you may imagine how I am looking at the 3 day spring bank holiday with longing. However, having taken delivery this week of a big box of around 400 vintage undead from the late 80s, I put in more time at my desk to make some inroads into getting them into useable condition again. I spent 7 hours yesterday, and turned 176 old skeletons into fresh and rather attractive models as I try to recreate my 1987/88 army. there are one or two small repairs (level 1 Necromancy) to do before they go into their boxes. Just the cavalry and war machines to go. And then there are the 100 or so, I did up, last bank holiday. They arrived looking like this: And ended up with 90%...

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Hi everyone, Life is very hectic, so I am being a tad lazy, by reproducing my weekly missive to my old friend Roger, who decided to escape the Steel City and so, our friendship is one of most correspondence. I've trimmed out some private and personal bits, because frankly they are nobody's business but ours. They are nothing 'special' they are simply the ramblings of one old friend to another and can be a bit sentimental at times. It’s been VERY busy here at the Dark Tower atop Fackham Hall, and on Monday I have the first of 4 days of ‘doubles’ as I try to mitigate my bank holiday breaks.  I had to spend the weekend (or part of it) prepping up work ready for Monday, but I managed to do some stuff for me. Most importantly, I’ve cracked on with my fantasy stuff. After collectively spending two days on the box of skeletons I paid £65 for the other week, I have them smartened up and ready to go. Admittedly these are not fancy paint jobs, but when you hav...

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