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by Etranger
Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:05 am
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Ayton May 2025 CB and EB’s BIG 18thC Bash
Replies: 30
Views: 2707

Re: Ayton 2025 CB and EB’s BIG C18th Bash

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:14 pm Remind me why we might need condoms again.....?
To stop water getting into the barrel of your tommy gun...
by Etranger
Fri Oct 06, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: British armour Green in Normandy
Replies: 17
Views: 1219

Re: British armour Green in Normandy

RMD wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:37 am Humbrol 159, which is identical to Valejo Russian Uniform.

What the Welsh wizard said. I sometimes put an undercoat of a darker green colour underneath (eg 102 military green), with a thinner coat of 159 over, to provide some 'preshading' and contrast.
by Etranger
Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:53 am
Forum: Loose Trading
Topic: Assorted Jackdaw SYW
Replies: 10
Views: 1266

Re: Assorted Jackdaw SYW

Count Belisarius wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:43 pm Big. Like me standing next to Purps...
To be fair, that's most of us.

Purps - a 20mm figure in a 28mm world..... :evilgrin:
by Etranger
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:35 am
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Shiny AGW 2024?
Replies: 9
Views: 987

Re: Shiny AGW 2024?

My shinies are itching for some action. I believe that there might be an ointment to help with that :-D That used to be a problem in my apprentice days, paraffin wax based floor polish in the barrack room induced a condition commonly known as bollock rot. Just what were you 'polishing' with it? :cr...
by Etranger
Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Artillery for town walls - SYW
Replies: 34
Views: 2319

Re: Artillery for town walls - SYW

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Edinburgh_Castle_Cannon_%2810672623305%29.jpg/800px-Edinburgh_Castle_Cannon_%2810672623305%29.jpg?20140405182504 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Edinburgh_cannons_at_the_castle.jpg Cannon on garrison carriages overlooking...
by Etranger
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:24 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Zinnfiguren
Replies: 136
Views: 10468

Re: Zinnfiguren

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:43 am Blimey - even older than anyone on this forum. That's an achievement in itself! Good catch.
Except for Dorian Purple .... :purps:

Excellent find!
by Etranger
Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:43 am
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Pulp Cthulhu II - Carnival of Death
Replies: 16
Views: 1760

Re: Pulp Cthulhu II - Carnival of Death

Ursus Foundries are a subsidiary of BAEr ....
by Etranger
Sat Aug 26, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Miscellaneous reams of paper
Replies: 6
Views: 574

Re: Miscellaneous reams of paper

I've decided the answer lies with a Head's Up Display. All the data can be projected via a transparent, scanning laser. I guess I'd blink to change pages. ...anyone got one of these devices? :-P donald https://www.thelegendofq.co.uk/uploads/1/4/8/3/14831570/3765320_orig.png Commander Bond can help ...
by Etranger
Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:15 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Miscellaneous reams of paper
Replies: 6
Views: 574

Re: Miscellaneous reams of paper

It won't necessarily help the paperwork but a spreadsheet keeps the data neat and tidy - then it can be displayed on a laptop & shared easily enough. It will take time to populate the various cells though.
by Etranger
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: What are people buying?
Replies: 7906
Views: 2294045

Re: What are people buying?

valleyboy wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:26 pm ..I'm just about to place an order for some Antediluvian Scottish spearmen
That sounds like a line from the Great McGonagal...

Welcome Neil!