Play and Painting Update.

Having gone through the most rigorous and efficient health check on Tuesday,involving two scans,chest x-rays,blood/urine samples,heart monitoring,blood pressure etc.etc. I was passed as fit to continue my role in the world(if I ever find out what that role is!!). I 'phoned Brian and Paul and Graham to see if they wanted a game on Thursday,but,Brian has a gum infection,Paul is away on a course in Derbyshire,and Graham has been off work for a week with sickness and the runs!!!-bloody hell,what a load of "sickies".
As I was demented by inactivity,I decided to finally get around to painting the Gun Emplacements that I was "conned and coerced" into buying from Robbie Roddis at York show back in February.

These are the eight sections,which I paid the exorbitant price of  £3 for,which, I thought at the time, was a bit too much,but Robbie is now a Pensioner,and needs the money,so "hey-ho!"
I first washed the sections in soapy water to get rid of any grease,I then under-coated them in white emulsion,followed by generous layers of good old-fashioned "Poster Paints"(green and brown)-the walls were painted using a mix of white and black from my new Vallejo paints.

A detail of the emplacement.
What I like about these,apart from contributing to Robbie's pension pot,(I hope he declares his ill-gotten gains on his tax returns,as per Mr Cameron!)is that they are utilitarian,and can cover many Periods in history,with just a little bit of imagination..................

By adding a couple of towers,you have an Ancients camp/fort for Romans,Carthaginians etc.

A "fortified" village or town for English Civil War/7YW/Napoleonics-endless possibilities!

Or even just a gun emplacement!!-Thank you Robbie,I forgive you!!
Roll on Sunday,if we are all "spared" we'll have a game-Ancients.