Skirmish 2012 (September), I'm older and Ray bought Space Marines!!

Got up today older at 44 years of age which as you know is 16 in man years (4 + 4 = 8 multiplied by number of testicles = 16).......

Happier times.......

Myself, Postie and Ray (met Lee there) headed of to the Skirmish Wargames Show at Sidcup (I had birthday money burning a hole in pocket but saved some for SELWG next month!), picked up a few pieces from Ainsty (28mm sci-fi which will pose as 15mm scenery), a painted kit of a civil airliner and helicopter at the Bring and Buy and some pieces of Games Workshop scenery going cheap, some 15/20mm white UN vehicles and talked to some fellow bloggers (a few regulars were missing up until we left around 1300hrs, I then had to buy lunch for the gits on my birthday (queued to get into a McDonald's.......in the fecking rain!!!!!), got home and got ready for work. Skirmish is a good little show, highly recommended.

Took very little pictures for some reason and not that good as I went through them but I was tired because I'm old........

Clint otherwise known as the cat herder overseeing his 7TV Crooked Dice participation game, we were meant to play but time got away from us again.....

Really nice 40K game.......

54mm Viva Mexico 1916 game using 54mm figures I believe.......

54mm San Juan Hill game.......

More from that 40K game......

Ray with his space marines (all 51 of them) and Leofwine Wargamerson otherwise known as Alan and a rabid supporter of Arsenal and motorised wheelchair battery removal, has issues with Tottenham Hotspur seemingly as well......Postie in the background.

Ray is buying stock for his painting venture, the blog giveaway will hopefully happen next week as the stuff has arrived and will be a joint giveaway with Ray when he reaches 300,000 hits.

15mm Sci-Fi Hazmat Team and Skirmish 2012 part 2.......

.....this weekend!

These boys and their bots are from GZG and are just for scenarios and alien digestion systems,....most of the Rejects are going to Skirmish 2012 this Sunday, for myself and Ray that will be before we go to work that night but as wargamers know we need our fix of a show or two, we're going to have a go at a game with Clint from the Rainham Wargame Club as well, it's a small show but well worth a visit..........

1000 Followers, Skirmish 2012, Questions and Anne O'Leary Artwork!

Fecking hell, 1000 followers......thanks for that......seriously!

Ended up at Skirmish 2012 on Sunday with Postie and we met fellow Reject Lee but also 2 fellow bloggers David Crook from A Wargaming Odyssey (thoroughly nice guy) and Robert "Bob" Cordrey from Wargaming Miscellany (The Legend), we had a bit of a chat the five of us and even neglected purchasing for a little at this lovely little show which occurs twice yearly, all  I came away with was 15mm palm trees but Postie more than made up for that!

A couple of pictures......

The very nice David Crook....

Main traders hall.....

Lovely stuff as usual from Crush the Kaiser but when the one of the guys on the table asked me did I like WW1 gaming I said yes and that we had just played a great game last week (I pointed at Postie who was nearby) and when he asked what rules we used I told him (not their set) and he blanked me and turned away and said no more...... because I wasn't using their rules but maybe I imagined it.....

Bring and Buy and Wargames hall......

Anne O' Leary over at Anne's Attic has done some pictures of myself and Ray and this is Sir Francis the Brave and tavern wench Pammy Sue (she hates Ray), fecking great work from my favourite Irish cailin....

Last Thursday Jim's Fear got tagged to ask some questions set by other bloggers and then challenged some other bloggers to answer 11 of his, so I did....

1. What part of the country/world are you from and do you like it's weather?

I'm from Dublin in the Republic of Ireland and it rains a lot, an awful lot but yes it's my homeland.....

2. If you could spend a week anywhere on Earth, where would you go?

Tokyo, Japan.

3. What's your favorite film- why?

"Dead Mans Shoes" at the moment, it's about revenge and I didn't see the twist for quite a while....

4. Which celebrity/athlete/world leader would you like to meet (first name that pops in your head!)?

Pamela Anderson (I can't help my addiction....)

5) Monster truck or Mini Cooper?

Monster Truck!

6) What was your worst subject in school?

Latin! (I hated the language but not the history.....) 

7) If you could transform your favorite hobby/pastime into a career, you'd be a professional what?

A professional wargamer and rule tester.....

8) You wake up tomorrow and discover you've suddenly become a pro wrestler...what's your theme song/entrance music going to be?

Johnny Cash-Hurt because you're going to be....

9) Opinions on nationalism?

Frightening question but all I can is that I'm Irish, love being Irish and one nation some day!

10) How do you kill time whenever there's a power outage?

I was going to say self interference but that's only going to waste so much time but probably find a candle and a book or practice my ninja skills on the SWMBO....

11) Jesus VS Darth Vader...who wins the battle of the midi-chlorians?!

I'm a lapsed Irish catholic but once in never out so....Jesus! 

Give these questions a go if you feel like it but you don't have to (it's a quick post but I am thinking of doing some wargaming  related questions soon, maybe....