Where does all the time go?

"The photos will be posted imminently, but don't hold your breath" - I hope nobody is holding their breath!

Have bought more stuff and painted a bit of it - also managed to make some Jungle terrain!

October Already?!

So it's already October and this is only my third entry - it appears I do less blogging than I do wargaming!

I have actually done some stuff; I've played a VSF game, painted a few minis, converted a diecast loco, spent more cash on ebay and taken some photos. The photos will be posted imminently, but don't hold your breath.

So, just where does all my spare time go? A space MMOG called Eve Online, don't even consider clicking the link if you value your painting time!

Busy

Been busy with RL so no real progress yet. Managed to fit in a trip to the Fisticuffs convention in Weymouth and invested in some more lead and resin. Also picked up a few items from the excellent bring and buy.

I've renewed my paintbrushes in anticipation of them seeing some action in the near future, and bought a pair of rotating punch pliers to produce rivet heads from sheets of plasticard for scratchbuilding vehicles etc.

Welcome to Pluck and Rivets

I guess wargaming is a hobby that you never really quit. Over the last four years I have all but stopped gaming, hardly painted a thing and only visited a handful of local shows. However, the one side of the hobby in which I still remained active was the easy bit - buying stuff!

During my 'wargames wilderness' years I've been planning (and investing in) my retirement project - Victorian Science Fiction wargaming. To that end I now have a large pile (several kilos) of unpainted lead, significant quantities of plastic dinosaurs, burger promos and film-franchise toys, a modest collection of statuettes and garden ornaments (including a life size buddah's head) and two large cardboard boxes full of silk plants and fishtank 'jungle' material. Ebay has also seen it's fair share of my spare cash!

A recent attempt to tidy my garage brought to light exactly how much 'stuff' I had amassed. This in turn prompted a morbid realisation that I may not live long enought to see the project through. I've therefore decided to 'retire' early.

I'm intending to use this blog as a record of the project in the hope that others may find it interesting/inspiring/cautionary, as I have found other blogs of a similar nature to be. Another great source of inspiration for me, and the spark that really prompted me to return to the hobby, were the posts on The Lead Adventure miniatures forum.

I'm also hoping it will motivate me in the same way membership of WeightWatchers motivates women of a certain size to lose weight, i.e. fear of public humiliation!