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I like to try and enter the Sheffield Irregulars monthly painting as often as I can as I think it has helped me improved my miniature painting, but circumstances have prevented me from doing so for the last few months. So, I was determined to enter this month; even having managed to select a suitable miniature for the current contest theme: 'Duel'. Other things just kept coming up, though, that I had to get done and it wasn't until I attended the Sheffield Irregulars session today that I could even start it!
Needless to say, undercoating a miniature after 1:30pm when the deadline for a competition is 6:00pm the same day is less than ideal. However, never being one to be deterred by adversity, I pressed ahead and at the end of the session about two hours later, I was pleased to see that I had just about finished the piece. Now, this is not quite as impressive as it sounds when I let you in on the fact that the miniature I painted is The World's Smallest Wargame which was the givaway miniature at the Newark Irregulars' 2007 Partizan show (previewed here). It was sculpted by Baccus6mm.
So, all I really painted were two 6mm tall wargamers and a suitably sized wargames table in a couple of hours. But you know what? I'm really pleased with the way its come out :) I hope you agree but go ahead and comment, whether you like it or not!
Prince Azalea
I met up with a gaming friend last night who moved away from my city at the beginning of the year to study for an MSc. Apart from having a good chat and a catch-up over a cup of tea, he had decided that he needed to reduce the amount of things he'd left at his parent's house and wanted to pass onto me all of his 1/72 minis that he's collected over the years, because he knows I'll use them and play with them. Which, to be fair, is quite true.
Now that is quite a lot of 1/72 minis! I was flattered and pleased and of course I insisted he accept a fair amount for them to at least help a litle with his studies. I was also really quite pleased that when I got home my wife was already in bed and I was able to quietly secrete these minis in the garage!
But for those who are already familiar with how full my garage is (part 1 and part 2) I had to wonder if my garage could cope with this influx. After stending a few hours tidying up today, I now think my garage will be fine this time, but it got me thinking about how many miniatures are 'too many'? I have plans and projects for everything in my garage - and for everything that my friend passed onto me, too, now. But will there come a point where I will really need to do what he's done and cut down on my collection?
For now, I think the answer is no. But one day that day might arrive and how will I chose what to pass on?!
Prince Azalea
Wow, didn't realise that I had left this blog to go fallow for so long!
Much has changed, though. Prince Azalea has begun wargaming again regularly - in fact not just regularly, quite a lot! Kids have started school. I've built lots of my own terrain and painted many miniatures. I'm in a different job and even my lovely spouse has gone back to do doing a little bit of work in the Azalean Imperial Libraries now the kids are a little older!
Also, I've started writing regularly and had a couple of things published by small scale publishers, which is one of the reasons for resurrecting this sadly neglected corner of the internet. Following good advice from BubbleCow and IainBroome that writers should blog regularly, I've logged back in here and I'll give it a go!
Here's hoping I can keep it up, but if anyone is actually reading this, please go ahead and post a comment of encouragement! :D And I shall attempt to keep up some regular posting this time!
Prince Azalea
