100K Prize draw part 4

The Prize:

Reverting to 'what on earth are these doing in the bits box????' mode :D

I'll split these if someone only wants one of the two.

• A collection of what I believe are early pre-slotta Citadels - they look like they'd mostly pass for Brettonians. I can scare you up some of the plastic shields to go with.
• A 40K Commissar Yarrick figure. AND (as a bonus extra 'look what I found while tidying') three metal Genestealers!

The Rules:

Just in case you've forgotten:

• One (1) entry if you are a registered follower and comment on the post. If there are multiple lots, please say which you're interested in (both is fine!)
  , and I'll redraw for the other if the winner only wants one.
• One (1) bonus entry if you plug this day's draw on your blog and comment with a link to say you've done so.

The Draw

0800 BST Thursday 6th June

100K Prize Draw day 3

The Prize:

A job lot of two items this time, for the historical gamers amongst you! (Yes, this draw IS for BOTH items together.)

• One box of Conquest Games plastic 28mm Normans - your choice of foot or mounted, tell me which if you win - these will be brand new (as I'm a big fan of CG's range, I believe in supporting them!)
• One (used) copy of Sharon Penman's historical novel "When Christ And His Saints Slept" for inspiration for something to do with those figures. Cracking retelling of the history of the Anarchy (Stephen/Matilda civil war), well worth a read.

The Rules:

You should know where to find them by now (hint: go back two posts!)

The Draw

0800 BST Wednesday 5th June

The Results!

Winning a box of Conquest Games Normans and a copy of "When Christ And His Saints Slept"...

Sean!

100K Prize Draw day 2

The Prize:

12 sprues of GW Lord Of The Rings figures. These actually come from the magazine part-work that was released most of a decade ago to promote the initial release of the rules around the movies. I've basically nabbed the Rohirrim to stand in for later Saxons, but the rest are (barring a couple of sprues that have been clipped in half) intact. We have:

• 2 Men of Minas Tirith sprues
• 2 Goblin sprues
• 6 assorted Orc/Uruk sprues, including two with siege ladders
• 1 sprue of Orc Warg riders
• 1 sprue of Wargs

The Rules

See yesterday's post.

The Draw

0800 BST Tuesday 4th June


The Results

The winner is....

Chris Stoesen

100K Prize Draw day 1

[Before we start - the 2013 Lardies Summer Special is out, and man is it awesome! It would still be awesome without my article, of course.]

So, here we go.

The Rules

• One (1) entry if you are a registered follower and comment on the post. If there are multiple lots, please say which you're interested in.
• One (1) bonus entry if you plug this day's draw on your blog and comment with a link to say you've done so.

The Draw

0800 BST Monday 3rd June

The Prize

It's going to be a real mix - some vintage Citadels, some LoTR, heaven knows what else...

For today? From the 'dear Lord, I don't recall having these' pile.

Lot 1: Three boxes of classic era Airfix 20mm figures
German Infantry, ACW Artillery, Guards Band

Lot 2: Two of the 54mm Collectors series figures
British Hussar, Scots Grey

The Results:

The Airfix 54mms go to M R Lee.
The 20mms go to Monty

100,000!!!!!!!

Yay! 100,000 page views.

I'm going to be very bad, and make this a very short post, as it's nearly 11pm, and I've been setting up, running and live-streaming a folk concert for the fabulous Talis Kimberley (and her other half Simon and my tame archaeologist Chantelle), and I am cream crackered.

Thank you to everyone who's read, commented, and followed: you're too numerous to mention individually, but a special nod to the folks I consider an inspiration: my partner in Dark Ages crime Andy Hawes, the regularly entertaining and thought-provoking Phil Broeders, and the amazing and inspiring Sidney Roundwood.

As promised, there will be a prize draw, starting tomorrow and spread over the next week.

See you all for the next 100K!

Review - "Miniature Wargames" issue 362

Scarily, it must be a month since Salute.

I can tell this for a couple of reasons. First up, the credit card bill's arrived - cue the 'you've been spending money again' cries from the Keeper Of The Privy Purse...

Next, and far more satisfying, issue 362 of Miniature Wargames dropped onto my electronic doormat yesterday morning. Unlike a real postman, it doesn't knock or bang the letterbox flap at 3am, so I was somewhat pleased by that!

This is the second issue under the guidance of former Battlegames editor Henry Hyde, and I have to say? he hasn't let the standard slip from the previous one. Plenty of articles on a wide range of topics, including an interesting piece on an ECW campaign setting in 1644 (which rather appealed after our club campaign last year), a pirate rescue scenario which I'm awfully tempted to try out with Legends of the High Seas sometime and another one of Diane Sutherland's excellent terrain-on-a-budget pieces.

More interesting, a couple of very thought provoking 'meta' articles on the nature of 'realism' in wargames rules, and on the 'top down' vs 'bottom up' approach to a wargaming project. I'm all for more of these in MW, as I really do enjoy talking about the meta stuff around gaming.

One small criticism of the digital edition? The contents items aren't clickable, as far as I can tell, on my iPad.

In a nutshell? If it was a brand-new gaming mag with no history attached to the title? I'd buy and subscribe like a shot.

Onto the next! (like I think I said last time!)

Brief Review - Plastic Soldier Company Warsprays

At least, that's what I assume they're called. The cans are labelled very prominently 'Army Sprays', but the supporting literature calls them "Warsprays".

Anyway - to the right we have British and US tank sprays as well as British khaki and German Feldgrau. Initial impressions? Cans feel slightly chunkier than the Army Painter ones, and are a damn sight easier to open.

The colour is indicated by three things:

• the icon on the can (which helps you distinguish half the range from the other half)
• the coloured ring around the spray head (which probably helps you distinguish most things, but I'd hate to have to tell US, British and Russian tank colours apart in poor light)
• a printed description on the coloured ring, which looks like the same kind of print 'Best Before' dates are put on things like milk cartons with. I'd be a little concerned as to whether it rubs off before I've emptied the can!

The only one I've tested is the Feldgrau, on a company's worth of 15mm Battlefront metals and plastics - in fact the force for the second scenario in the IABSM rulebook.

Impressions?

Covers well, sprays nicely, dries pretty fast (tens of minutes tops). If anything it feels a shade thicker and stickier than the Army Painter stuff its apparently based on, but this isn't a problem. Looks like it should be a decent match for the Vallejo Feldgrau should I need to do any touching up.

In summary? You need to paint WW2 stuff? Go out and buy some! Does what it says on the tin :D