Yesterday, Saturday, 2/9/13, I chugged up the freeway in my old Buick to Orange County and spent some quality time fellowshipping with a great bunch of modelers and gamers. Lots of mutual admiration and encouraging chit-chat was thick in the air. This comradery was masterfully mixed together with waves of sausage and burger aroma from the kitchen (It was a very good day).
The strange loud-yelling-talk which seems to accompany all sorts of games was a scene to behold. To hear yourself think was a major tactic in the art of winning the tabletop conflict this day.
I found my saved place at one of the two large "model building" tables provided, and spent a little time cutting out markers which I plan to use in WIYF. Actually, I have enough varied markers to play the game as a board game, if I should ever get the itch to do so. After an hour of talking about our lunch prospects, model building, and upcoming gaming events (Will you be coming? When can we play your WIYF and TDFTL games? etc), three of us senior types climbed into my Regal and I was directed across town to a hobby shop in Orange.
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| Capt. Mark of the Model Assembly and Painting Squad |
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| Mark's finished models which he paid dearly for at my grand sale in December 2012! |
Wow, I was awe struck with the variety and quantity of models on the shelves at Military Hobbies! For a while now, I've been drooling, with glazed over eyes, as I have pondered the great mystery of how to acquire an Ace 1/72 1937 Cabriolet. Well Military Hobbies has a large selection of Ace vehicles IN STOCK!
So...I snatched one up quicker than Big Bertha can strip fresh corn off a cob! This beautifully detailed little gem will be the center piece in an ambush scenario for the To Die For The Land WWII game.
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| Ready for Grizz's German officer vehicle Application. |
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| Mark's rendition of the Cabriolet US style. |
After the Hobby Day good times, I set out southward to San Diego, stopping at Brookhurst Hobbies along the way, and secured a couple of FoW SU273 Stalinets Tractors. These beauties are for my scifi game-paraphernalia. Check out some of these painted vehicles at
Four-Color Figures . I'm going to use his blue and brown color scheme for my twin treaders.
Enjoy today!
Glad you had a good day, Jay! That staff car looks a beauty, and I'm still keen on buying some of those tractors for dusty mineworking scenarios! They seem to be timeless models!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gunny. Yeh, the tractor's uses really do cross-over from one genre of gaming to another. I plan to use them at least in WWII ETO, scifi, pulp, and maybe even fantasy.
DeleteOkay, that settles it...I've got to get some now!
DeleteYou're an easy touch, Gunny! (:0)= But they are way cool, as the younger generation would say.
DeleteI got them primed this AM. Maybe after chores (pulling weeds and trimming rose bushes) tomorrow; after a nice snooze, I can get at least one of the treadys painted up.
What a nice day, sir!
ReplyDeleteThe cabriolet is looking great to me...
Regards,
Phil.
Thanks Phil. It was a delightful day indeed!
DeleteThe Cabriolet is a sweetie for sure. Too bad it is going to get shot through-and-through with machine gun bullets, if the dice roll in favor of the ambushing French Partisans!
I'm so happy for you that you got to spend a day out with your mates. To have people in real life to share the excitement of our hobby must be a grand thing.
ReplyDeleteWe have an old Buick as well. They are the only cars The Hubby will buy. They run forever. Ours has over 200,000 miles on it and is still chugging along.
Greetings, Anne. Thanks. A day with fellow hobbyists is like sweet honey to a cup of hot herbal tea! It is a 250 mile round trip, but it is worth every mile of the trip.
DeleteHail the Buick!! My old ride is from 1995. It's still young compared to yours ...Only 130,000 miles young!!
Friends+Models+wargames+hobbies= always a nice day ;-)
ReplyDeleteMarzio.
Hello Marzio. Your hobby math can not be disputed! You are right on the mark.
DeleteAs Marzio said above....a great day indeed! :)
ReplyDeleteAmen, Thanos.
DeleteWhat a day there Jay and your fame is spreading. Love the car, which that there was more like them in 1/56th
ReplyDeleteThanks, PK. I am blessed to have a couple of ex military veteran types who enjoy throwing grenades over hedges and sicking German Shepherd dogs on US GIs! These fellas and others really make me feel fulfilled as a provider of enjoyable gaming entertainment. TDFTL and WIYF are both simple quick and fun rules to learn and to play. And, the rules can be adjusted for the gamers in order to enhance their desires and needs, up to a point! For crying out loud, they are my sacred rules, after all! But I must admit, I am sorta pliable for an old Grizzled curmudgeon.
DeleteHobbby day = Nice day.. :)
ReplyDeleteHi, Erhan. It was wonderful. Now it is time to get back to work on the minis.
DeleteWhat a great way to spend the day Jay!
ReplyDeleteAmen, Rodger. I don't get many of this sort of game-day very often. I soaked it up like a sponge.
DeleteI think Marzio said it best! Glad you had a fun time Jay.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm still jazzed. Today is definitely weed pulling day. This is a no-brainer task, so I'll be prepping and priming and painting the Cabriolet, and Treaders in my head: A front yard visualization technique I've used for years.
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