Yes David, I have always thought it is ideal to match the drink (more to drown my sorrows over my very usual poor dice rolls than for anything else) to the...
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Lee
lee_burton2000
Oct 29, 2006 9:24 pm
I settle for my beer fridge in my games room!! Lee...
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Eric Hotz
erichotz
Oct 29, 2006 10:12 pm
I remember a 6mm scale ACW game I put on at my house back in the 1980's. It was a long game, lasting about 8 hours, and was during the peak of summer. It was...
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Burkhard Schulze [ ww...
schulze1977
Oct 30, 2006 7:56 am
Almost the opposite happened to me this year. There was a raffle at a con here in Germany and amongst other prices there was a tray of canned beer. And it was...
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lebrechttel
Nov 1, 2006 8:45 am
Actually I have one less paint. My twin daughters were having a little problem and when I went to help them I acidenntly left one open and now I have to go...
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minisman202
Nov 10, 2006 12:24 pm
I am a squirrel. A squirrel, as per Larry's definition, is a wargamer who, because of the climate in which they live, must do their primering of figures...
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David Edgington
grelber97
Nov 10, 2006 1:12 pm
Squirrel. I take figures with me on business trips, and clean up the castings in the evenings, so they are all ready to prime when I get home (if the weather...
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Burkhard Schulze [ ww...
schulze1977
Nov 10, 2006 1:17 pm
First of all... congratulations that you got yourself new nuts... I guess your wife will be happy with that! :-P Now... I would call myself a bird. I buy...
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Kevin Smyth
ksmyth34
Nov 10, 2006 2:15 pm
I've never let the climate get to me. I have a well-ventilated garage and can prime whenever I choose. I also have central air conditioning my house, so the...
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Belisarius
belisarius2ca
Nov 10, 2006 2:30 pm
I am a squirrel I have been storing away minitures for years. I paint during the cold, snow raining part of the year here. My wife things I am nuts as well....
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Nov 11, 2006 10:17 am
... No worries about global warming then! 'Spose I'm a bird, with squirrel like tendencies (flying squirrel???). I mass but armies to last me all year. I used...
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Erik Chase
erikc637
Nov 11, 2006 3:17 pm
I'm a bird. Living in the desert, I don't really worry about rain or snow that much- although this year certainly has dampened this. We have had more rain this...
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Doug Melville
mrstrange1964
Nov 12, 2006 10:44 pm
I am a squirrel, when i get new figures I like to clean them up immediately, then base them on temporary cardboard painting bases, the sides of cereal packets...
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Eric Hotz
erichotz
Nov 12, 2006 11:41 pm
Doug M. wrote: "The downside of this is that unless I keep the purchasing and painting in sync, then thousands of little guys stuck on cardboard takes up a...
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Burkhard Schulze [ ww...
schulze1977
Nov 17, 2006 5:42 pm
Now this came up when I read a topic on TMP on Jedi aiming for recognition as an official religion by the UK government. Some people commented that they wanted...
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Erik Chase
erikc637
Nov 17, 2006 8:31 pm
How many of us can related to today's strip? I have to admit that it just happened to me. After spending the last two months working on WWII stuff (and a bunch...
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David Edgington
grelber97
Nov 18, 2006 2:20 am
Yup. This is suposed to be the year I finish painting my Arab cavalry, and I'm not allowing myself to buy any of the nice Askari Zouaves, Foreign Legion, or...
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Burkhard Schulze [ ww...
schulze1977
Nov 18, 2006 11:12 am
As long as you are working numerous era´s you will always have this. Not always too sure if this has something to do with the attention span. It might have...
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Nov 18, 2006 12:50 pm
I recognise myself in that Larry strip. I think I have got myself a system that mitigates against my worst tendencies. I bulk buy figures once a year at a...
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Joe
jevans1258
Nov 18, 2006 12:54 pm
On my painting table, at various stages of completion, are: 10mm TYW, 15 mm ACW infantry for JRIII, 15mm Austrian Lt Cav, WW2 air in both 1/300 and 1/600,...
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David Edgington
grelber97
Nov 18, 2006 2:20 pm
Researching beforehand is definitely the way to go. Some periods just don't work out particularly well. I, too, have ended up steering clear of some periods...
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Belisarius
belisarius2ca
Nov 20, 2006 12:47 pm
... I showed the strip to my wife. Her comment was that she did not know any one who fitted that description. :) Brian...
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Les
ghargh6969
Nov 30, 2006 2:48 pm
Not that I woudl, but do cavalry count as 1 figure or two? Cuz when I put them in my painting log I count them as 2 because they take at least as long as two...
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minisman202
Dec 1, 2006 8:26 am
... If it important Les, yes, your calculations seem justified. I did count what I painted at one point but it gave the impression that I spent waaay too much...
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Lee
lee_burton2000
Dec 1, 2006 11:47 am
I don't count anymore, I hide too many to consider risking a full out count! I increased my painting since entering a monthly comp with another yahoo group, an...
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Kevin Smyth
ksmyth34
Dec 1, 2006 2:28 pm
I count. Just painted figures. I count each figure painted, and a figure is a figure is a figure. A chariot is one, each horse and driver is one. I used to...
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Eric Hotz
erichotz
Dec 1, 2006 6:11 pm
Below Message was originally posted by: cynewulf44, but accidently deleted by me (E.Hotz)... sorry about that. ... Yet another advantage of 6mm figures! As...
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Dec 1, 2006 8:29 pm
... Yes, but how do you compare 28mm, 25mm, 20mm, 15mm & 6mm (oh, and 10mm as well) Graham...
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David Edgington
grelber97
Dec 2, 2006 2:05 pm
Back in 1998, I counted my unpainted figures. It was an incredibly depressing event! I still have the inventory around here somewhere, but I've never done it...
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Bruce A. Meyer
bameyer2002
Dec 2, 2006 5:26 pm
... When I was growing up I lived near the George Washington Bridge which goes across the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York. I was amazed to see that...
