Room and Board

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The trouble with inviting several hundred goblins into your home is finding the room to put them up. Really how do you accommodate such a vast quantity of green skins? Ok so to begin with you can shove them in a box and hide them under your bed but at best this is just a temporary measure.

It is a natural first instinct to want to show off all your beautifully painted new friends and so it begins. The Goblins fill up one shelf, then another and another. With the green skins breeding faster than rabbits you soon run out of shelf space. Somehow, despite all this procreative activity, the little gits gather dust as if it were orc teef! You invest in feather dusters and air dusters but all to no avail; the dust still gathers. With the box under the bed calling to you once again as the best solution you frantically cast about for a better home for your little fellers.

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Perhaps you are smiling to yourself in smug affluence secure in the knowledge that your guys are snuggly tucked up in a sturdy G.W. case. There can be little doubt that G.W. cases are the best home for your guys but, my, they are expensive. As your collection creeps beyond the 1000 figure landmark you realise just how much storing your models is going to cost.

I bit the bullet, something had to be done, more to the point something had to be bought. I think I was rather fortunate to discover the KR Multicase, or rather several of them. They are well made of heavy duty card with foam inserts capable of holding 200 guys. Amazon will charge you £22.50 (+4.48 pp) for this little beauty. As they stand they are no good for cavalry or standard bearers but they could be modified. As a cheap and cheerful solution to mass figure storage I heartily recommend them.

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Published in: on June 9, 2015 at 11:40 am  Comments (1)  
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More Than Just Playing With Soldiers

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While games of Warhammer and 40k are great any hobbyist will tell you that the  actual games are just a small part of our pastime. Engaging in the collecting and painting of your little guys is a much bigger part of the war gaming hobby than actually playing the game. Some folks see this preparatory work as a bit of a downer; just let me at those filthy skaven, they rage. However for the majority of war gamers collecting and painting the miniatures is even more fun than the battles themselves.

Not content with collecting, painting and fighting with their little guys some hobbyists also feel the need to share there adventures with fellow gamers. Once-upon-a-time the only  way to share your armies with others was over the battle table or at club nights. Now-a-days for those with the desire or need to share, show off or simply enjoy the company of fellow hobbyists there are blogs and there is Twitter. All of a sudden a whole new aspect of the hobby opens up!

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For  me and for many others I am sure that is the beauty of this hobby; the depth of involvement it offers and often demands. This is one of those hobbies that the more you put in the more you get out. It matters not to me that perhaps this article will be read by only one or two people, if I am lucky, what matters is that I have fun preparing and presenting this missive. So not only do I have the fun of playing with my toy soldiers but I get to play with lights and cameras and get to set up nice scenes with my little guys as if it really matters. It is all harmless fun anyway.

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Published in: on April 16, 2015 at 10:11 am  Leave a Comment  
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White Dwarf 375

WAAAAAGH! Yes this white dwarf is just chock full of Da Boyz! Ok so yeah as a hardened
orc player it is exciting to get all these models and especially that fantastic spider but… Oh my there is a new army book to buy, new ors and gobos to buy and yet another change to the animosity rules! So yes it is really cool to get new stuff for your favourite army but come on guys give me a break, I have a High Elf Army I want to buld!
It is not all Orcs and goblins. There is a very sexy Dark Eldar Succubus and other juicy bits. I think I am going to have to get some of those wytches! There is yet more 40k with the Blood Angels and Armageddon.
This issue also features two campaigns; one for LOTR and the other for Warhammer. It is nice to see some extra rules and gaming bits in the Dwarf, they do not do that often enough for me.

Published in: on March 2, 2011 at 11:09 am  Leave a Comment  
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