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by Paul
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Ayton 3rd-5th May, 2024
Replies: 250
Views: 23260

Re: Ayton 3rd-5th May, 2024

Duplicated something...nothing to see here.
by Paul
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Ayton 3rd-5th May, 2024
Replies: 250
Views: 23260

Re: Ayton 3rd-5th May, 2024

Finalising things for the shield bash.
Currently have four, which is good but more always welcome.
by Paul
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Lace Hulk: New Info for players
Replies: 81
Views: 5911

Re: Lace Hulk: New Info for players

Easily done...my Space Orks will be ready to go :D :D :D
by Paul
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:00 pm
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Lace Hulk: New Info for players
Replies: 81
Views: 5911

Re: Lace Hulk: New Info for players

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:35 pm Just thought of another disadvantage for musketeers. What about the dimensions of the tunnels/corridors - is there room to swing a cat/musket?
Is that a musket designed to be used by cats or a musket that fires them (ie a black powder catapult)?
by Paul
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Matt Bickley's Vikings
Replies: 21
Views: 391

Re: Matt Bickley's Vikings

Penda wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:42 pm '...twenty years ago...', says it all really in my opinion.
In that case we must all be well in need of replacement :D
by Paul
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Matt Bickley's Vikings
Replies: 21
Views: 391

Re: Matt Bickley's Vikings

Horses for courses of course though I'd put Gripping Beast figures way down the list personally 😉 Gripping Beast were the "Gold" standard twenty years ago and are still probably the best in terms of historical accuracy. I remember talking to them when they started out regarding how they w...
by Paul
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Matt Bickley's Vikings
Replies: 21
Views: 391

Re: Matt Bickley's Vikings

Bit fussy otherwise though. By fussy I take it you mean too detailed for your taste, otherwise it seems an odd choice of adjective. Each to their own of course, as it should be, but I know which I would prefer to paint. I think he meant "unnecessary" detail. Some sculptors add extra stuff...
by Paul
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Tight wad
Replies: 34
Views: 536

Re: Tight wad

enjoyment is only partly the games there's everything else. Now that's just heresy! :D I hate painting with a passion that could only be expressed using the medium of an aggressive interpretive dance. Hence I keep it bottled up! The social side was always the most important bit for me and many's th...
by Paul
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Tight wad
Replies: 34
Views: 536

Re: Tight wad

The affordability is obviously linked to peoples personal circumstances but if you spread your costs over hours of enjoyment then i think its a pretty cost effective hobby. Compared to golf, or eating out or the cinema or going to a footie match (even if it is 90 minutes of rapturously enjoyable wo...
by Paul
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Matt Bickley's Vikings
Replies: 21
Views: 391

Re: Matt Bickley's Vikings

I was tempted for the shaman in the first 24hours, but I missed it due to KS losing my payment details :( so now I'm not sure.

The "army" packs work out at over £2 a figure and the RRP is (on average) £3 a figure as the packs are 30 figures for £64 (RRP £90).