Thursday, April 10, 2025

Flippers Up! Penguins, Stand to Arms!


Based on the recent tariff lunacy, now here is something funny that I can support as a wargamer... 


 
There is a game in here somewhere. I wouldn't be a member of the Society of Daisy if I didn't try to come up with a game from this... 

Oh, and more figures for my Napoleonic Imagi-Nation project are on the way... 

Yep. Just a few figures...oh who am I kidding? I see this going all pear-shaped. But we'll have a giggle over it. 



 

Sunday, April 6, 2025

Back to Toy Soldiers (and Books)

I recently won a job lot of figures on Flea Bay. I was searching for 25mm Minifigs to supplement the recent lots of Napoleonic figures I've acquired. 

Whilst searching, I found a very good deal on a few hundred figures, albeit for the Seven Years War. Given the number of figures and that the pictures included cavalry and artillery, I threw in a bid which was successful. 

I came home from Charleston yesterday to find a package waiting for me. Sadly, the USPS had knocked it about a fair bit...but it was a proverbial box full of lead. 


There wasn't much protective packing, but I'll live. I laid out a couple of the smaller bags...


Quite a bit of artillery, really. More than I need. Now, the figures are not just Minifigs. There are some Old Glory as well as some I am not sure what they are. There are also a lot of broken bits. These are forming a "bits box" and may be the basis for some markers or something. 

There are a LOT of figures to go through...so my Soldier King project looks quite complete for the moment. 

Also, just before I left, I picked up some more books for the ACW collection from a friend in my Civil War re-enactment unit. 


With the end of the current semester in sight, I shall look forward to reading about something NOT related to maritime history for a couple of months. 


Flippers Up! Penguins, Stand to Arms!

Based on the recent tariff lunacy, now here is something funny that I can support as a wargamer...    There is a game in here somewhere. I w...