Anyone got any interesting tips .... collecting, painting, armies ?...
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Dec 4, 2007 8:41 pm
... Don't bother. Buy PBI from Peter Pig instead (www.peterpig.co.uk) and get his very fine miniatures & vehicles as well. Graham...
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william butler
bbscgt
Dec 5, 2007 1:28 pm
... for a better set of rules at a similar scale, try blitzkrieg commander. otherwise, it is up to you as to which army(ies) and theater(s) that you would be...
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Mike
quidveritas
Dec 5, 2007 4:05 pm
Contact Sean Cruz, cruz_sean@... or/or Pat Nix, jnix@... Sean moved to Spokane last year and has transformed the FoW community. He's organized...
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Lee
lee_burton2000
Dec 6, 2007 9:33 am
I have both, if I want more armour on the table then FoW but PBI is better for a 4x4 up close and infantry game, you can have some tanks in support! Lee...
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william butler
bbscgt
Dec 17, 2007 4:30 am
is the blonde cindy or stan's wife? i was looking through the cast of characters at the larry leadhead site and none of the wives are blondes....
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minisman202
Dec 17, 2007 8:44 am
... The blond is Cindy. Like most (all?) women her age, she has dyed her hair to cover up the new gray hairs! Perhaps we should show her dark roots? <grin> ...
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Simon Reed
listersandj
Dec 17, 2007 9:57 am
... of ... blondes. It has come to my attention, that members of the group 'women' have a disconcerting tendency to change their uniform or even adopt strange ...
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Simon Reed
listersandj
Dec 17, 2007 9:57 am
In message <fk4u0t+29u0@eGroups.com>, william butler <butlerw@...> writes ... It has come to my attention, that members of the group 'women' have a ...
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Belisarius
belisarius2ca
Jan 3, 2008 2:43 pm
I have noticed over the years that Larry only seams to play Land based games or is painting infantry. Does Larry play any Naval or air games. If so what are...
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minisman202
Jan 3, 2008 4:38 pm
... Are you trying to 'out' good ol' Larry??! ;-) Actually he quite often plays naval games (he once sank himself with his own torpedo...don't ask...) and...
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Belisarius
belisarius2ca
Jan 3, 2008 5:53 pm
... My plan has been discovered. :) You will soon see Larry on the cover of Naval Wargames as the latest Cleb to be outed....
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pzkwvib
Jan 4, 2008 2:09 pm
Larry is not the only one who sank himself with his own torpedoes. In GQ3, it's actually quite easy to do, if you're not careful. One of our Larry...
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Tom Bryant
beria_49441
Jan 7, 2008 10:11 am
Just so we don't see him on the cover of the Naval War College Review or Naval History. Tom Bryant...
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minisman202
Feb 5, 2008 9:40 pm
Not in a million years can I finish all that I have painted! Not in two million! All righty then...as of this moment, based on your current painting routine,...
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Feb 5, 2008 10:03 pm
... I usually buy a year's worth of painting in one go. Sometimes I come up a bit short, other times I overrun a bit. Alas although I finish the army(s) I ...
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drathul@...
drathul
Feb 5, 2008 10:16 pm
I wish! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon your point of view) I don't believe I'll be able to paint all that I've purchased before I pass away. I...
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dye4minis@...
dye4minis
Feb 5, 2008 10:25 pm
I fall in and out of periods and scales all the time. When I get remotivated, I am very glad I have something to paint in the scale/period of current ...
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stuart612088
Feb 6, 2008 12:56 am
Oh! I disagree with all your comments. I'm sure that if - I sat down and painted for 5 hours a day, didnt go on ebay or manufacturer websites, didnt go to...
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edgington52@...
grelber97
Feb 6, 2008 4:12 am
Well, my grandmother lived to be 49 years older than I am now, so, maybe. Actually, I have scoped things down during my lifetime. Once upon a time, I wanted...
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edgington52@...
grelber97
Feb 6, 2008 5:24 am
Oh, yeah. Nine or ten years ago, I did an inventory to see what I had that was unpainted. Way, way too depressing!!! I've still got it on my computer...
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Gary richard
richardgaryl
Feb 8, 2008 4:47 am
I usually just run out of steam for a project and end up having left overs that hang around for years or which I give away. dye4minis@... wrote: I...
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Jimmy Murphy
bloodclaw_97
Feb 8, 2008 9:56 am
Well I've a combination of my painting speed hovering somewhere above tortoise and a bad case of the gamer gene.You know the one that forces you to have...
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minisman202
Feb 11, 2008 7:35 am
Does the thought of an army made from rice interest you? They are really cheap [always a major consideration with many wargamers :-) ] You can, say, mount...
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Tommy Fuhs
tommy2amp
Feb 11, 2008 12:36 pm
I've heard the idea before. It'd be a boon to my (non-existant) painting skills. I'm sure it's fine for ancients or some-such. I can't figure how to make rice...
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Kevin Smyth
ksmyth34
Feb 11, 2008 2:41 pm
I can't imagine. I'd cut half my fingers off just trying to cut the grains in half. I'd rather use paper miniatures than rice grains. K From:...
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stuart612088
Feb 11, 2008 6:53 pm
I would use this army idea in the Artic circle. The it would a force of ricicles.......Sorry. My son thought of that one. -- In LarryLeadhead@yahoogroups.com,...
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Feb 11, 2008 7:04 pm
... What ever happened to hair roller armies? Graham...
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Robert Sweeney
limbolance
Feb 11, 2008 10:10 pm
Actually, I have seen "Rice Armies" in action. At several "Cons" - one of the Game Masters uses Rice Armies for extremely large battles of the American Civil...
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Gary richard
richardgaryl
Feb 11, 2008 11:52 pm
I have heard of this. Was this in the same magazine that had the story on armies made from cut-open hair rollers? minisman202 <doug_hamm@...> wrote:...
