First off, apologies to everyone whose blogs I normally comment on. Although you have kept me greatly entertained of late, I’ve been temporarily reduced to accessing the internet through the hotspot of a single 2007 iPhone. Let’s just say that the waving of the local trees has made access difficult and leaving comments virtually impossible. The current Mrs Broom assures me this is a temporary issue that will be remedied very shortly. Mmm. We’ll see. Hopefully I won’t have to resort to fashioning a tin foil helmet and sitting on the roof again.
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| Honestly, the things I have to do these days for 4G coverage |
Unable to do much of anything until the sale of this property is complete I’ve been faced with a sudden surfeit of time…thinking time…
I was musing on kitting out the new gaming table the other night, revisiting the perennial problem I have in deciding if boards or cloths are best…when I had a brain wave.
How about this stuff…?
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| Green sand! Possibly not the future of gaming terrain, but hey it’s cheap. |
A 6x4 walled trough, for want of a better description, filled with say a three inch layer of green sand. Hills, rivers etc would be easy to sculpt and the topography could be changed from game to game - as required.
Now obviously it’s not a great idea because if it was it would be in regular use by others, but if anyone has come upon this concept before or have used something similar I’d be pleased to hear more about how it turned out.
Thinking time has also allowed me to address the issue of monotony that I often experience when focussed purely on one project. To address this I shall hopefully be flitting back and forth, painting wise, between my current Elizabethan Pike and Shot lads and something entirely new (to me) like the American War Of Independence.
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| Rules by Littlewars TV - Norm sent me. Cheers Norm. |
Having just purchased these rules (which really tickle my fancy) I will be sticking to my now favoured 10/12mm and looking forward, as much as anything, to reading up on an entirely new subject.
Anywhoo I’d better ditch this post now cos the winds getting up again and it’s not comfortable sitting up there on those ruddy ridge tiles.
Toodlooh for now mes amis.