The Loose Association of Wargamers

you know how every club has an irritatingly loud know-it-all ?

He was that one at Middlesbrough club in the early 80s.

goat major wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:29 am

Jeremy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:41 am Is Humbrol a good varnish?

I have a full and informative response to that question but it would be against forum rules to answer it.

Oh go on. For old times sake.

I should have earned maximum cress points for asking the question in a different way.

I don't know whether to answer before or after the 27 irrelevant responses

After. It wouldn’t be right to do otherwise.

frankly is a bit disappointing that there hasn't been any varnish discussion despite this teaser hanging here for hours now

Buff Orpington wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:57 am

goat major wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:31 am Yeh but he says it in an entertaining way.


Oh hang on, he doesn’t

It seems an odd theme for a magazine that derives income from advertising new rules to take.
He strikes me as one of those gamers who would tell a novice to go away and study a period for 30 years and then come back for a game.

He also tells people who complain about the ridiculous number of command figures in an Old Glory bag (16+ out of 50, including standard bearers that had no business being in there at all) to "Just do what I do, and just throw the excess away." Between him and Russ Dunaway insisting that the Blue Moon sculptor actually HAS seen a real horse (and presumably ignored whatever it was he saw), I was completely put off ever buying OG or BM figures ever again
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Sorry, have I missed a "Which varnish?" thread.....?

I am sure he has seen a horse, but he clearly identifies cavalry with large chaps mounted on chihuahuas.

Bewaistcoated bellthronking wankspangle.

That is all.

I am sure he has seen a horse, but he clearly identifies cavalry with large chaps mounted on chihuahuas.

You made me giggle.