Greetings….
For various reasons things continue to be quite slow on all fronts at the moment…
Building work and accompanying dust and disruptions but also a nasty flare up of my Fibromyalgia ( the stress of building work and dust probably had a lot to do with this) are getting in the way of painting toys.
So I am finding it quite painful to walk , I ache everywhere and I am wheezing…
Oh! The joys of age 🤣🤣🤣
I did manage a ( Very) short visit to Partizan thanks to Alan and Michael. Hurrah!
Unfortunately with the Fibromyalgia and the heat in the building I didn’t really see very much… I definitely didn’t get many pictures.
I did however chat to quite a few of my chums… many who popped back to where I was sitting to make sure I was okay…
There are a a lot of truly wonderful people in our hobby.
Anyway…. Here are my very few photos…
Yes …. Mostly from The Bodkins table.
It’s where I was sitting/ propping myself up 😁
I wish I had gotten a picture of Peter Dennis’s Hastings game… Which featured thousands of cut out 18mm Paper Boys figures…. This can only be described as a labour of love.
I did however (With the aid of my secret agents scattered around the hall ) find the winner of the Adrian Shepherd Vignette Trophy…
From the Raw Gamers “ They Don’t Like it up Em “ game…
A group of pieces showing the Tanning and Dying process… complete with tubs of Urine.
You could almost smell it…🤢🤣
Well done indeed.
Shopping… yes I managed the quickest shop I’ve ever done.
I’ve been listening to a fantastic podcast that has covered the post Hastings Uprisings/Rebellions/Civil and Continental Wars….
They went on ( and occasionally off) for nearly forty years…. Fascinating stuff.
So obviously I needed these…
The Podcast…
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-british-history-podcast/id440985304
Okay… Time for more tidying… and hopefully painting.
All the best Aly
Keep pressing on, Aly!
ReplyDeleteAs the building work moves towards completion and the dust settles I hope you will see an improvement in your health and wellbeing. It was good to see you at TOP too! Good luck with the Normans.
ReplyDeleteWas great to have a quick chat Aly. Hope you're feeling better soon.
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ReplyDeleteI could tell you were struggling when we had a brief chat - the Fibromyalgia explains it.
Unless you were lucky, you would have found it difficult to get a picture of Hastings; I only managed one shot from the side - no chance to get near the front.
The crowds, noise and hard floor was doing me in by the end.
Neil
Sorry to hear your health is not good; getting older is undoubtedly "challenging" and one can only soldier on. Good that you got to the show, though, even if you did not see as much as you wanted. There are some good images and videos of the Hastings display/game on Peter Dennis's Facebook Paperboys page and elsewhere, luckily. Hope you are feeling much better soon.
ReplyDeleteThere's now a ten minute video of the Paperboys Hastings game/display here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUG4gU13fe4 :-)
DeleteSad to hear you were not well enough to enjoy Partizan in a full swing. Hope you will get better soon. The Bodkins table looked great… but there is no surprise. They always look great!
ReplyDeleteJan
Hopefully you will be on the mend soon and back at the painting table, plenty of Normans to do by the looks of your haul.
ReplyDeleteI will echo everyone else Aly in saying I am sorry to read about your health travails and hope you recover from them soon. I very nearly started a Norman collection a couple of years back when I saw three packets of infantry online at a good price - but the moment passed and someone else bought them..... now, I am looking at your mates Alan and Michael's new Revolutionary Wars French and wondering .....!
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope your health woes are over soon and you can get assembling and painting all those Normans. Sorry I only got to say hello in passing on the way back to put our loot in in the car.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear the fibromyalgia is playing up again mate, it must be an absolute bugger. Keep pressing on however slowly, the miniatures you produce are a great inspiration to all of us.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon, but good to hear it didn't stop you treating yourself. All the best!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you active again Aly, I didn’t make Partizan this time but have enjoyed other peoples pictures. Hopefully your health and the home building work will get better soon 👍
ReplyDeleteNice photos, the chariots and galleys are my favourites, sorry to hear youve not been well but thats a decent haul all things considered!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Sad to hear of your health problems Aly, I hope is all resolves quickly. Just finished watching your interview with Jan - I didn't realise you had done work for TTG...we used to cast their products under license in NZ.
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