Earlier this month, I had a second trip back to the UK in almost as many months, this time for a happier occasion (more weddings, less funerals, but you'll have to look elsewhere for the pics of all the kilts).
I will however use this picture from my visit. It will of course be clear to you all why this Glaswegian relic of a former age has geek cred.
This time, a much shorter time spent in my parents attic, but with more space in my suitcase. Fortunately I had put things in order on the
previous visit, so only had to pick up a couple of boxes and stash them. I also found out that there's a new
games cafe opened in Edinburgh, right next door to the flat I sold there not a year ago! Why couldn't that have been there at the same time as me? Anyway, on with the haul.
First off, the things I picked up from storage:
Urban War rules (in magazine form). These were too heavy for the last trip, but with all the UW minis I have brought over, I figured it was time to have the rules to hand. Of course, I have access to pdfs (
downloads here), but I do prefer paper versions, despite the space they take up.
Void TAV MKIII resin kit. This is more for Void than for UW, but I do so love the mini, and I intend to use it in some fashion for UW even though I don't think vehicle rules for the game exist (I'm sure it won't be too hard to house rule something). The kit i have differs slightly from the one pictured in the link.
Empire Army. Lastly I picked up 2 boxes of old school WFB minis, mostly metal, with a few plastic pikemen in there for good measure. These will be used for my Bretonnians, and/or Empire, in the case of any local WFB gaming. I say army, but really it's all infantry, as I left my few knights and artillery pieces. There will surely be more pictures of these in the near future, especially as there are some nice oldhammer minis amongst them.
Whilst there, on a quick visit to
Static, I also bought:
MacBeth. I have had one eye on SAGA for a while, even going so far as to painting up some
Vikings, but the release of a Scots faction, with a leader as infamous as MacBeth at the fore could not be passed up. Of course the real MacBeth and the Shakespearean version are not to be confused, as it seems the original version was actually quite good at the king thing.
Napoleonic British Peninsular war Officers. There's always room for more Napoleonics. I'm sure these can be used to back up various of the rank and file figures I already have, be they
riflemen or highlanders. Planned for use in Drums and Shakoes or Sharp Practice.
Highlander Missile Troops (bow and musket). From Warlord, these are kind of multi use,
I also bought and had posted to my parents house, some Prussians from the war of 1866, when North Star were selling off their old stock to make way for new sculpts I think. I'm sure I can put them to good use in something Victoriana, for example, as troops for IHMN. The Jaegers from this batch are already prepped and primed and in the process of being painted, so more on them soon.
A visit to WH Smith's meant I picked up the trio of magazines (Wargames Illustrated, WSS and
Miniature Wargames). The first two I can get here, eventually, but the third is not an option. I was less impressed with Minature Wargames this issue (I have only read two issues), as it held less of direct interest to me.
To round out the wargaming related purchases, I picked up another book on Churchill at a discount book store (there's not enough of those over here), this time more on his political career than his military career, but it fit with my other current reading. Be on the lookout for a review of
Young Titan soon.
My my, the summer just got a whole lot busier with all this stuff to work through!
