Sorry once again for the delay in posts, its been a busy month with the UK Games Expo, then a uber holiday has left little time for hobby, let alone blogging.
Starting off, I'll be posting a separate report of the FoW Tournament at Expo next.
Before the Expo, I had the great surprise and pleasure to be nominated for the Liebster Award not once but twice before the weekend!
Dog of War was kind enough to be the first, I really enjoy his writing style, even if his latest post has started dangling new Saga Hobby Crack in front of my eyes...
http://reddogofwar.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/private-liebster-reporting-for-duty.html
Crac des Chevaliers then popped his nomination on again, his blog is always inspires me to paint harder
http://cracdeschevaliers.blogspot.com/2014/05/liebster-award.html
For those who don't know, the Liebster award is a chain letter type award given to blogs, who then award other blogs and answer a set of questions (that changes as it progresses like Chinese whispers)
I'll put together my nominations in another post, but for now, here's my questions:
1. Why did you start blogging?
To give some direction to my hobby, and develop my creative writing skills. It also gives me motivation to finish my projects!
2. If you could change one thing about the wargaming hobby, what would it be?
To put people with real business sense in charge of the major hobby companies. While they are making better and better products, the decisions on the business side are often bewildering (looking at you G.W!)
3. What is best in life?
Hobby. Flying. Motorcycles.
4. Do you read Battle Reports and what makes them inviting to read?
Yes, and seeing people enjoy the hobby and share that with others.
5. Fame or fortune?
Fortune. To spend creating the greatest living history museum ever....
6. What miniatures are you most proud of having painted?
None yet. I've done some nice pieces, although it has been batch painting armies to get them finished for events rather than to look pretty. There are many techniques I want to apply before I think I can be proud with the results.
7. How do you deal with burnout?
I often just take a break and get on with another hobby. A day out on the airfield often fires my motivation
8. Whats better; Gaming at home or at Cons?
Both. They are very different animals, some games work with people you don't know, others need you to know the people you're playing with.
9. Which Front do you prefer to game; East or West?
West I would have to say. I like Jagdtigers too much!
10. If you could only buy from one miniature company from now on, which one would it be?
Probably Battlefront. They seem to offer a wider and wider selection!
11. Could you limit your gaming and collecting to one period and one size? If so, what?
Nope!That's the questions done!
I had the great fortune of attending the UK Games Expo at the Hilton Hotel in Birmingham last month, working on the trade Friday. I had planned to get work out of the way on the Friday, then play the Flames of War tournament on the Saturday, and head home for some rest on Sunday before it all starts again on the Monday. Well, that was the plan, until half the people I needed to see for work didn't turn up until Saturday, and the Expo was three times bigger than I expected....
The Expo is a great experience, the best parts of Games Workshops Games Days, Salute and conventions all rolled into one.
There are pictures, click here!
The entire hotel gets taken over by a horde of hobbists of varying interests for the weekend, from Star Wars storm troopers, to Darleks, Bronies, even a furry or two. Plus Games. With a capital G as there were so many. The trade halls were full to the ceiling with piles of games, and the playing halls were never empty. And I mean never. Even at 4:30 on the Sunday morning, people were playing games, having a great time. If you love games, then it is well worth a trip. All the people from the industry are there in one form or another, meaning my one day of work became three, with three games of flames of war stuck in the middle! Like I said, I'll write the games up in another post.
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| Giant Star Trek Attack Wing game! |
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| Met these guys too at Expo. Great Card terrain, keep an eye out on KS for the Dungeon theme soon! |
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| The Sci-Fi stuff is SWEET |
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| Would love to play infinity on this stuff.... |
After the Expo, I had a week at work and then a week of adventures with the misses! We spent a day a Thorpe Park, then two at Alton Towers. Good way to keep up the G-tolerance while I'm not flying. Anyone who enjoys these kind of things I really recommend the 'smiler' at Alton Towers.
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| The cue is underneath the coaster - what an intense experience! |
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| Gateway to Hobby Joy |
On the way home, we swung by Warwick castle. By this time, our feet were rather sore so we saved the best of the castle for another day, although we did get to see the 18m Trebuchet firing, which was something else entirely.
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| HUGE! |
Sunday was the Farnborough games club annual wargames show, Valhalla. Again, no pictures as such, other than the impressive WW2 bombers game:
A nice show, worth a trip again.
And finally, what was awaiting me at my desk at work on the Monday. Brits for Bolt Action!
Stay tuned, our usual service will resume soon!
Thanks for reading,
Fez
Wow, that's an action-packed post if ever I saw one! Nice answers to the Liebster questions. That card terrain is very nice, great idea. As for the trebuchet, I want one!! :-)
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