Well today I was running a pile of training. I didn’t feel the urge to paint anything but I did cut out lots of Florentine flags for the militia.
I have to summon the energy to find the PVA and the get them glued onto the miniatures… You will find out soon if I manage!
Well this evening I was absolutely knackered, didn’t sleep well the night before and as such couldn’t face anything. The family was back too with 101 invertebrates. So I perused their purchases.
What’s the kindest thing someone has ever done for you?
Well there is quite a list, but one of the nicest things was way back in 2013. I was a head teacher (Principal) of a small school and used role playing games as a way to support/improve writing. The kids were so proud of their work,as was I, that we made a display of it. I moved on, but the display remained… The kids wouldn’t let it be taken down. Sadly the school had to close and I got a delivery… The kids wanted me to have the whole display.
I still have it in the loft.
As both sets were undercoated then whatever went on the militia went onto the cultists… Hopefully I will get more done tomorrow.
The ACW’s first example of self propelled artillery… Who knew!
Share a hobby you’ve picked up recently — what got you into it?
I suppose my Oil pastel scribbles would count here
Why did I start… Was away on training and on a whim bought some cheap oil pastels and a pad of black paper. Haven’t done any for a while…must carry on…
The other thing is maps…drawing them…
Each town on the large map is drawn too.
Why maps. Well during long COVID I lost my fine motor skills among other things and drawing random maps was easier than the written word.
Today was the day I was going to get the militia a long way done… Ha Ha!
Dad’s taxi, helping mother in law and sleeping in caused my plans to falter.
On the upside… They are now in the house.
Tomorrow is another day lol.
What’s the weirdest coincidence you’ve ever experienced?
Well not sure if it is a coincidence or just a very small world. So this is me in about 1991 on my first day as a reenactor. The weird coincidence is that my future wife is sat on the slope behind me. I didn’t know her and she didn’t know me.
Found the photo after we were married and she told me then.
Here she is in Poland…the short lady in white trousers next to the big horse. She got the largest and I got the smallest 😂. Obviously we are not Romans in the second photo.
What’s a book you never finished but still think about?
To be honest there are quite a lot. Some were accidental and others deliberate.
One that I would like to reread and finish one day is ‘A Boy and his Bear’ by Harriet Graham.
Years ago as a class teacher we read this as part of our topic on the Tudors and Stewarts. For some reason we never got to finish it…
Basically set in Tudor England..Dickon lives in a cruel time when wild bears are made to fight by men for sport. He meets a recently captured bear cub, and is determined to set Nounou free. But the path to freedom is littered with danger for both the boy and his bear.
A second one was a western I got out the library as a kid and some absolute Arse had removed the last page with a scalpel or something… I can’t remember the book, but the fact the last page was gone is what reminds me.
Well that is what my wife calls it (oooh err missus).
Today we had a shoe rack collapse. Sadly the thing we paid £1 in a charity shop…err didn’t make it.
So this afternoon I made one out of wood. It was designed to fit in a certain spot and actually I am quite pleased with it …
This cost pretty much nothing as it utilised a pile of wood I had lying around.
I was a bit pooped after sorting this so no model making or painting this evening.
