Thursday, 16 January 2020

North-South divide,and conscience!

I received some bases from Pendraken yesterday,and included were the following,which nearly gave me a heart attack!!! and clearly shows the north-south divide.............................
Very reasonable,and of course we attend the show every year-if you haven't been give it a try!
OMG!!-for twenty quid I'd want a new suit and a "dirty woman"(not necessarily in that order!)-I am reliably informed that the show is very good though!

 Should "veterans" like me have a conscience?-well,just before Xmas I took my little grand-daughter to a local pet store to show her the animals(bunnies,mice,gerbils etc.) and I noticed a young man using a price gun on some very nice looking "oriental-type" buildings-he was chatting/flirting with a "bonny" young girl,and obviously not paying attention to what he was doing!-I also noticed that he wasn't changing the price on his gun whilst moving from small to large buildings,so I shuffled across and had a look-he had put £4.29 on everything!! Being a "chancer",as well as a poor old pensioner(aka mean old bugger!) I grabbed an armful and proceeded to the till,and was charged the £4.29 for each item!!!!
I have been back since and the young man and "bonny" girl were nowhere to be seen-have they been sacked/eloped/day off???-oh dear me tears at bedtime and stress by the bucketful-should I have told them their mistake?
Anyway,I now have to build up a Korean-type army to take on my Mongols,to fight in among these buildings.


Tear-stained buildings(gold fish for the use of!)

Top photo shows first two completed and flocked units,bottom photo shows units 3 and 4 ready to be flocked-but there's more!!.........................

Top is next two units ready to be under-coated,bottom is the rest of them still in the box-thousands of 'em!!





























































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6 comments:

  1. Maudlin Jack Tar16 January 2020 at 19:48

    If he was a young fella then a bonny lass is far better than a job in a pet shop.. if you're an old bloke with bills to pay of course....

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    1. william coutts17 January 2020 at 20:25

      Ahoy Matey,my sentiments exactly,bills,bills and more bills!!
      johnc

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  2. Independentwargamesgroup17 January 2020 at 19:27

    We will disregard your blagging at the pet shop which I understand has now closed down, but they are very nice buildings. Surely those bald chaps are Hinchliffe cossack types? More importantly I have located those articles you were wittering about at Ardhammer John so if you would like to contact me at robbie3rodiss@msn.com we can sort out how you can get them.

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    1. william coutts17 January 2020 at 20:28

      Robbie-Hinchliffe???-you know I only buy Warrior figures-they are very nice and finely detailed-as for "E" mailing-don't be daft!!
      I will contact you by 'phone,or better still,bring the articles to York in a couple of weeks time!!
      johnc

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  3. Steve-the-Wargamer19 January 2020 at 10:19

    Bill - to be fair, only ten squids if you buy in advance.... ;o)

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    1. william coutts20 January 2020 at 19:23

      Hi StW,for ten quid I would want half a new suit and half a "dirty woman"-my daughter lives in London and often gives me heart attacks by telling me the price of everyday items down there-good old North East!!
      johnc

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