Strange Habits in Strange Times: The Corona Virus Diaries (Continued)

I talked to a fellow blogger (naming no names but it was Renko) about the passage of time in the Corona Virus lock-down in the UK. Measurements of days seem rather meaningless, particularly when working from home as the days blur into "one after the other". Measurements of packets of cereal, butter and I kid you not the level of cinnamon in a jar seem more tangible, as they are linked to specific events such as when you next have to do the awful "Supermarket Run". I also seem to have taken to hoarding things that have wargaming uses .. read on!

Butter Containers (see below, we seem as a family of five to go through a lot of butter, the upside being they are perfect for storing Chain of Command 28mm Squad - the lot below should see me package up the British Infantry Platoon, repackage my 8th Army from clumsier circular Fat-Free yogurt pots and make a good start on the US Infantry and Airborne):

Plastic Screw-Lid Milk Bottle Tops (see below, perfect for holding a 28mm [particularly metal Malburian figure] in place while painting it, am actively experimenting whether superglue, Evo-Stick or PVA works best):

Cardboard Thin Chocolate Boxes (see below, as first sight they are the perfect packaging solution for 6mm and 10mm figures, but once striped of their plastic inserts they becomes a bit "wobbly, so cutting up cereal boxes to the right size to fit as inserts - slapping on some PVA glue - weighing down with tins of Baked Beans and heavy wargaming reference books atop - leaving overnight to dry is the skills I learned from my teenage years spent watching episodes of Blue Peter):

Thus ends this week's episode of "Wargaming Blue Peter Style!" And before you ask, of course "Here's one I did earlier ... "

Fun with Cardboard and Containers

The first bit of fun comes with a spare sheet of thick card and a pair of scissors; coming off the back of the Arras game I did a stock take of the 'stands still left to be done' and I provisioned sufficient for all my early war 1/200 to get based (see below, one of those jobs that is harder to start than to do once started): 

The next bit of organisational fun was seeing some cheap plastic boxes perfect for board game counters storage in Home Bargains (apologies to international viewers here not from the UK) at the princely sum of £1.29 for four (see below, checking them out for size with the "printed out" early war Panzer Leader/Panzer Blitz - BEF counters, nice job!):

All Panzer Blitz bases were covered with four of these beauties (see below, all counters neatly tucked away into their box by nationality and function):

I can see myself going through some old favourites and de-bagging and boxing up the counters or by a combination of both bags and boxes have my board game collection in "ready to play" mode.